Image of a man police would like to speak to following robbery in Ealing

Kind donors have rallied round a woman who was robbed in Ealing while she was cleaning her late husband's grave by raising nearly £1,000 for her.

According to Met police , a 73-year-old woman was robbed while cleaning the grave on Christmas Eve, when she was robbed of her handbag from behind causing her to fall to the ground.

Police, who have released CCTV footage of a man they would like to speak to, said the suspect walked off towards Church Road, Hanwell , covering his face.

After officers went to nearby Lavins Bar to request CCTV footage, licensee Joanna Barrett was so incensed by the robbery she started a fund raising campaign before finding out the victim was her friend's mother.